Guest Post: Chris Meade on Lax Summer Camps
Chris Meade of LacrosseRecruits.com is an expert on the recruiting process. In his first guest post for LacrosseAllStars, he gives advice for all you HS players and parents. Check out “Lacrosse Summer Camps: School Camps v. Recruiting Camps” after the jump.
Your Sunday dose of Snuggie
We may be in the Great Depression 2.0 but one success story has been the unexpected national obsession with the most ridiculous product ever created. Here is a Snuggie/ “I’m on a boat” parody from some wacky morning DJ’s. Warning: they censor the strong language but this video includes lots of fat guy jiggling.
TUNE IN for Updates on the MCLA action in Minnesota
Editors note: Don’t forget that StridingMan wandered out the Minnesota to catch some great MCLA games this weekend between Oregon, Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, and BYU.Follow Striding Man’s journey & check out the live game updates from everyone in MN.
In Da Club with 412lax: MCLA Week # 2
412lax presents a weekly video review of all the hot news in the MCLA. Love it, hate it, the fact is YOU GOT IT.
Question of the week: Is the MCLA making better decisions than the MLL?
Guest Post: Growing the game at Grand Blanc HS
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Editors note: In our ongoing effort to highlight the growth of the game, we will be periodically asking influential players and coaches from around the nation to contribute to the site. Today’s guest post comes from Trenton Gafner, Head Coach of Grand Blanc High School in Michigan. In his own words, Coach Gafner gives his two cents on what it’s like to take a new program to the next level. Enjoy.
Steroid Era and Athletes
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With the fall of A-Rod and baseball being tainted forever by the “Steroid Era”, Anthony Olivieri, PA SportsTicker Pro Basketball Editor, writes that we should start to look critically at other leagues. There is money to be made is sports and athletes will do anything to get an edge. Who is next?
“G” should have gone for the shrubbery…
The new Gatorate “G” commercials with the “Monty Python”-theme are good in theory, right? Wrong!
BYU strikes a blow for “club” lacrosse
Even though they were just scrimmages, this weekend featured a great moment for the growth of lacrosse. BYU, a member of the MCLA, played competitively against #17 ranked Denver and came away with a win after defeating Air Force (notes from the event claim that there were no “official stats” being kept for this game but the final score was reported as 7-6).
A Closer Look at LacrosseRecruits.com
Earlier this week, we shared our experience from “The Lacrosse Combine” and informed you about LacrosseRecruits.com, a great web service that’s all about getting high school kids to the next level. Today, we’re going to dive a little deeper into LacrosseRecruits.com.
What time is it? Game time!
“Back to work, Lax Nation!”
So many big/interesting college lacrosse games are happening this weekend. Finally we get to stop talking and watch some groovy lacrosse action. Here are a few match-ups that have even Broadway Joe (circa 1970) paying attention…
Shuttlecocks for Peace in the Middle East
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As part of ongoing attempts to improve relations with Iran, the Obama Administration is sending an elite team of international experts a 12-member women’s badminton team to Tehran. Wait…what? Badminton? We should have sent Team USA lacrosse and really blown their minds.
It’s Super Bowl Sunday!
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Whether you’re rooting for the Steelers or Cardinals (or just praying they cover the spread), today is the day where people of all ages come together and celebrate a great American tradition…Super Bowl commercials! At least they keep the non-sports fans from complaining too much during the game. Here are a few of our favorites: